Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-10-08

EVIL Advice and Unbalanced Aino
Waite Pine Ne,cs Of Oct. l.

Evil Advice and Unbalanced Minu'
Waite Pine Necs Of Oct. 1.
The last three issues of the San Fran
cisco Examiner to hand have contained
most e~xtravagantly sensational accounts OF
the domestic infelicity of Hon. Robert
Briggs and his wife, with the wringing IN
of a very estimable relative as second viii
lain in the drama. Indeed those who de-
light to wallow in the mirs Of social scandal
have had a surfeit Of that sweet morsei =
to roll under their tongues. A perusal OF
five or six columns Of the Examiners trash
for it is neither truth, nor decently told
leads us to sum up all that vile stuff in the
Examiner, under glaring headlinss, TO
amount to something like this: Mr..
Briggs, with the connivance of Mrs. Yates
This wife's motherl had Mrs. Briggs ex'
aminsd on a trumped up plea OF insanity,
and to this scheme an honorable Judge
plant physicians, high in their profession.
and subservient witnesses lent themselves
to have Mrs. Briggs "railroaded" on 70
DR.. Clark's private asylum at Stockton
The motives assigned for this unlawfui ana
cruel proceeding are that the husband was
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mother mad with her and not in a condi-
ton to realize what she was deing.
Stripped Of all superfiuous verbiage. this
is about the sum and substance of the Elk.
aminer's expose. And it is enough, If it
were true. But it is not.
It is with reluctance that the News refers
to this subject at all; and we only do so
lest our silence be construed as acquiescing
in the truth of the Examiners charges. 1t
is easier to blight fair names than to restore
them, and in this the Examiner has preb-
ably succeeded where the accused are but
partially known; but here in Taylor and
throughout White Pine county, few it any
will believe that the husband, mother and
friends plotted to have q sane woman sent
to q mad house. We know these people
too long and too we'll to entertain for q mo.
ment such belief. A more kind-hearted
man than Mr.. Briggs would be hard to
find. Asfor Mrs. Yates, whom the people
will not believe she could be q party to any
scheme against her daughters welfare. She
has always been q fond and indulgent
mother and agood member of society.
What, then, are the true facts of this
unhappy domestic case. We happen to
know something about it. 1t is simply
this: Mrs. Briggs has for some time been
the unhappy sufferer of 3 mania which at
times becomes uncomfortable, frequently
assuming the form of violent jealousy OF
her husband, who every one here knows
never gave any cause for the indulgence of
such a whim. It was while laboring un.
der one of these spells that Mrs. Yates
the lady's husband to come
at oncs to San Francisco to the side of his
wife. We converted with Mr.. Briggs the
night before he left, and with q heavy heart
and tears in his eyes he bid US goodbye.
Arriving in San Francisco, a consultation
of friends and two eminent physicians was
held, at which it was deemed best to send
the lady to the asylum, and the necessary
legal forms were had, with the single ex.
that instead Of being sent to q
public asylum, she wal taken to a private
one, were she was surrounded with all the
her condition required - an
elegantly furnished suit Of rooms, with
fruits, flowers and all the attentions that a
good husband could provide. All this
goes to prove co~nclusively that the hus.
band and mother were actuatsd by no
motives, but by the kindsst feeling
for the demented one in placing her where
were hopes of a speedy cure. Nor
did they keep the affair a secret. Many
knew it here, though of course it was not a
subject for the relations to talk
That Mrs. B. is still laboring under a
Authorization of some kind is evident from
her statement given in the Examiner. Evil
and an unbalanced mind must
certainly have led to this great scandal.
The innocent parties to the sad affair have
the sympathy of all people who know they
did only what they believed was for the
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this distance it looks as if the unfortunate
principal in the affair was in the hands of
her enemies = greedy lawyers, who will en-
deavor to thoroughly bleed both her and
her husband. Pity it is for all concerned
it is 10.